Month: December 2016

The Syrian Army has restored functionality of an important pumping station called Suleiman al Halyabi, to supply drinking water to residents of Aleppo. When the militants of al-Nusra Front were leaving the area, they mined the station and the surrounding area. The terrorists blocked the […]

The Obama administration intends to damage relations with Moscow “as much as possible” before US President-elect Donald Trump comes to power, Russian political analyst Alexei Zudin told Radio Sputnik, commenting on Washington’s refusal to follow through on its own proposal to bring peace to Aleppo. […]

In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change its battle plan and seal off the city, an intervention which has since shaped the tortuous course of the conflict, sources briefed on the plan say. The […]

Germany’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected […]

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh held talks Wednesday with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri after which he defiantly announced that he “will not allow anyone to subjugate, penalize or curb the representation” of his movement. “We exchanged viewpoints and PM-designate Hariri knows that we only […]

          Was 2016 Merry to Lebanon? A New Year is just around the corner and before we get to welcome what is in store in the New Year, let’s take time to reflect on the events that took place in our […]

El presidente iraní, Hassan Rouhani, denunció persistentes planes de Estados Unidos e Israel para promover odio contra la nación persa y presentarlo como una amenaza regional, pese a su compromiso por la paz y el desarrollo económico. Al hablar en un acto de conmemoración del […]

Una corte de Arabia Saudita condenó a la pena de muerte a 15 de las 32 personas procesadas por supuesto espionaje a favor de Irán, un fallo que previsiblemente elevará las tensiones entre ambos países. Según la prensa opositora, la mayoría de los encarcelados pertenecen […]

El Gobierno de Siria agradeció a Rusia y China por haber vetado en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU un anteproyecto de resolución para establecer una tregua humanitaria de siete días en la ciudad de Alepo. “Siria expresa su reconocimiento a la Federación de […]